17 hours ago, Yaris said:

I can open the door by rolling down the window and pulling the inner & outer door handles with the engine running...does this mean the door card doesn't mean to come off? 

If you can open the door using a handle then it's definitely not deadlocked shut.

 

It sounds like you have a different issue that may/may not require taking the door cards off, perhaps search topics or create a new one.

On 20/10/2018 at 14:52, [Cas] said:

If you can open the door using a handle then it's definitely not deadlocked shut.

 

It sounds like you have a different issue that may/may not require taking the door cards off, perhaps search topics or create a new one.

i am having this problem too, i have been hammering the lock near enough all day but all i have seemed to do is loosen it slightly. tough little thing these locking mechanism.

My left rear door has started having this problem intermittently - earlier today, it wouldn't unlock either using central locking or pulling the handle. Fortunately, a bit of violence persuaded it to unlock but I fear the motor is on its way out and I don't want to wait until I can't get the door open and then have a nightmare fixing it.

 

Ideally, I only want to dismantle and reassemble the door once and don't want to leave it in bits all over my drive while I wait for parts. If I take the door apart, remove the motor and then put it back together without, will I have a door that locks and unlocks but just doesn't have central locking? I could live with that, at least for a while. Or should I buy a part before I even start taking it apart and if so, what should I order?